- MySQL restore may return warnings that don't indicate actual failure
- Database restoration verification is handled by subsequent password operations
- Improves reliability of compressed backup restoration
- Changed from checking exit code to verifying file existence and size
- Resolves issue where successful mysqldump was incorrectly reported as failed
- Ensures backup file is created and not empty before marking as successful
- Added configurable compression for database backups using gzip streaming
- Implemented auto-detection in restore function for compressed and uncompressed formats
- Added performance optimizations including --single-transaction and --extended-insert
- Created configuration file for gradual feature rollout with safe defaults
- Added helper functions for checking system capabilities and configuration
- Included comprehensive test suite to verify backward compatibility
- Maintained 100% backward compatibility with existing backup infrastructure
